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unknown · 1820–25

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Palette

Celadon
28% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.4:1

Honey
22% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.0:1

Chalk
18% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.8:1

Fawn
16% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.6:1

Pale blue-grey
9% of the image
Blue · text contrast 7.2:1

Rose
6% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.8:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: unknown
Date: 1820–25
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Block printed on handmade paper
Size: H x W: 58 x 47cm (22 13/16 x 18 1/2in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Green · lightness 70, colourfulness 26

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Smithsonian Open Access marks it CC0 (descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access=CC0; online_media.media[0].usage.a). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1825: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (Smithsonian Open Access usage is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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